Comments on: Lizzie Miller in Glamour Magazine: I Just Wish This Photo Wasn’t So Special

By: dre

dre — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:03:34 +0000

She is very beautifull but the stomach is a total turn off. Im not saying whats wrong or right, its just how i feel (she we can yap on about the media planting images in my head but i cant change that now).
The rest of her is fine so shes obviously not fat from birth or lazy (why do so few women complain about being overwright, then eat chocolate cake to make themselves feel better and then not do any sport?) and she looks healthy so none of those are the cause. If its because of childbirth then fair enough, but like i said, it ruins an otherwise absolutely stunning body.

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By: Jools

Jools — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:02:49 +0000

Great post! I just recently became aware of this image and I blogged about it too!
The more publicity this gets the better. And I completely agree that it’s such a shame this photo is so
’special’ but as you say, a giant leap in the right direction!

By: The Lawyer Mom

The Lawyer Mom — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:47:21 +0000

I don’t know who this Lizzie person is, but I’m jealous. Sorry, Vered, but my de-programming isn’t finished yet. It may never be.

“But this is all about money, and the huge publicity Glamour received from this photo pretty much guarantees that we are going to see more images like this one in the near future.” I hope you’re right, at least on the second count.

By: Michelle @ Find Your Balance

Michelle @ Find Your Balance — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:39:50 +0000

Wow, thanks for posting this. I too have given up women’s magazines and I never would have seen this. Amazing how *shocking* it is to see a real woman. It reminds me of Mad Men…we are watching season 2 where there is a fashion show and the models wearing bikinis are definitely nowhere as thin as the models we see today!

By: MomGrind

MomGrind — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:11:48 +0000

@ Leah: I completely agree: Lizzie Miller in Glamour is inspiring. I think all of us feel the pressure to look like the women we see in magazines, because they are presented as the “ideal” which means we are not, which in turn sends us to buy whatever products the ads in magazines are selling to help us look “better.” It’s a lucrative business for sure, but women pay the price – and not just the price of the products.

@ Julia: I’d like to see more pictures like this too, and I’m pretty sure we will – the reactions to it were too strong for magazine editors to ignore (I hope).

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:19:14 +0000

I always thought my stomach was gross but seeing this makes me realise that other people look like this too. I’d like to see more of this in the future, it’s good to make realistic comparisons.

By: Els Withers

Els Withers — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:09:16 +0000

@Jannie: Thanks for your reply. And here's how I see it: If college guys are responsible (and I think they are) for choosing to accept or reject the messages projected at them by the media, then aren't women also responsible for choosing to accept or reject the message projected by fashion magazines? Speaking as one of those people having a face like a horse, I know what it's like to be on the wrong side of a standard of beauty. I also learned later in life that more than half of beauty is embodied in a person's attitude about him- or herself. (On a related note, see my post about Stacy and Clinton versus Descartes.)